(from) edited by MKG There are 13 words that have this form in plural. calf, half, knife, life, wife, elf, self, shelf, leaf, sheaf, thief, loaf and wolf.
All words have the ending "ves" instead of "fs" or "fes".
Four words have two plural endings: "+s" , "+ves". dwarf, hoof, scarf, wharf.
knife....................knives
wife.....................wives
My wife's mother is my mother-in-law.
King Solomon had 1000 wives. His wives each had a mother.
His wives' mothers were his mothers-in-law.
Benjamin Blech's translation of a poem from the XXc Yiddish humorist "Shalom Aleichem":
A thousand wives were had
Toyzent vayber hat gehat
by King Solomon the wise.
Shloymeh ha-melekh, der kliger.
But don't forget that with every wife
Forgest nisht az tsu yeden vayb
He also acquired a mother-in-law!
Hot er oykh gekrogen a shviger.
"fife" (a kind of flute) has a regular plural - fifes. (source)
I am holding four cards in my hand and two of them are fives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural#Almost-regular_plurals
(from) edited by MKG
There are 13 words that have this form in plural.
calf, half, knife, life, wife, elf, self, shelf, leaf, sheaf, thief, loaf and wolf.
All words have the ending "ves" instead of "fs" or "fes".
Four words have two plural endings: "+s" , "+ves".
dwarf, hoof, scarf, wharf.
http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm (< Wiki) mass noun
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/naif naif - a naive or inexperienced person
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naif 1893
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/na%C3%AFfs#English naïfs plural form of naïf
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/knave 1100's (XIIc)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knave from cnafa
Last revised by grosslearning, MK Gross
13 Nov 2010
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